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Pakistan
Turkmenistan
Istanbul (possibly doesn't fall under this category)
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
2007-08-20 16:54:40 · 8 answers · asked by concretebrunette 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
As a generally accepted explanation, the suffix "stan" is an ancient Persian and/or Farsi word meaning country, nation, land, or place of, so, the country name of Afghanistan would then mean "homeland" of the Afghans, or place of the Afghans.
This could help a lot about the origin of their names:
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/stan.htm
2007-08-20 21:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Middle East Country Names
2016-12-12 09:27:36 · answer #2 · answered by heizler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Stan" is Uzbekistan, Pakistan, etc, is a suffix for the word "land". It's just like saying "Afghani land" "Kazakh land", just a way of saying where the native people are from. Hope it helps!
2007-08-20 17:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by Krissy H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Saudi Arabia
2016-03-17 03:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "land". So Pakistan means "land of the pure", Afghanistan means "land of the afghans", etc.
Instanbul is the name of a city.
2007-08-21 10:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its means: place, land and mountain.
Please read the source..
2007-08-21 02:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by june 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means, oh god, do we really need to settle here? It is dusty and hot.
2007-08-20 16:59:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
YOU FORGOT FUDGEPAKISTAN
2007-08-20 17:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 9⤋